Truly, the world is thoroughly enamoured with Pope Francis. Whether it is on television, the radio, Internet news sites, or YouTube videos, Pope Francis is presented as the likeable hero of the day. What most people do not know is the stage on which Francis performs. Without the papal platform, Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Argentina would be unknown Read More
On December 13, 2000, the official Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, under the heading, “All are called to build God’s kingdom,” published the Pope’s words from his General Audience of December 6,. The Pontiff declared, “Those who have chosen the way of the Gospel Beatitudes and live as ‘the poor in spirit’, detached from material goods, Read More
As the months go by, the world political situation continues to become more unstable. Russia’s Putin has taken Crimea from Ukraine. The Middle East remains engulfed in fighting. Clearly, the shifting global balance of power and impotence of the UN has created an opportunity for Pope Francis to expand his own geopolitical agenda. Thus, donning Read More
To recognize the dominant position to which the Roman Catholic Church aspires and which she has always desired, it is essential understand how she has acted in the past¾for the pattern is still the same. Her aspirations must be codified in law before they can be enacted effectively. Rome has always constructed the machinery of Read More
One cannot exaggerate the Papacy’s deception, lust for power, and meddling in all areas of society. Richard Bennett shares sobering examples in modern history, including Rome’s collaboration with Nazis in the genocide in Croatia. Rome continues its powerful interference today. Share on Facebook Share Share on TwitterTweet Share on Pinterest Share Share on LinkedIn Share Read More
Dear Friend, A biblical understanding of economics is one of the gifts that God gives to sustain us, believer and non-believer alike. Biblical economic principles are to be treasured since they bring some degree of stability and well being into societies. This current pope, like his predecessors, is flagrantly denying private property rights and basic Read More
Dear Friend, In mid the nineteenth century, Lord Acton one of the greatest Roman Catholic historians of described the Papacy as “the fiend skulking behind the Crucifix.”[1] Acton, famous for his saying, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely,” clearly pinpointed Papal Rome as the academic and legal cause of the more than Read More
By Richard Bennett and Robert J. Nicholson “My kingdom is not of this world,”[1] was the response of the Lord Jesus to Pilate’s interrogation of Him regarding His relationship to the political economy of the Roman Empire. The Lord fulfilled all righteousness in respect to fearing God, and honoring in this case, Caesar, and the Read More
Jan Sichula and Ivan Hlavanda of Slovakia give their personal journeys of faith in this highly Roman Catholic nation. Besides the account of grace in their own lives, they explain with deep concern about the false ecumenical movement that is taking place in Slovakia. There are real practical lessons to be learned in this interview with Jan and Ivan by Richard Bennett.
by Richard Bennett Many Evangelicals in our day know little of what the true Gospel really is. As a result, many New Evangelicals have embraced Roman Catholic ways of thinking. On May 30, 2004, the New York Times carried news of the alliance called “Evangelicals and Catholics Together” (ECT), a movement that is changing the Read More